State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1911 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,983 California births in 1911 across 391 distinct names.

Distinctively California

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say California more than they say America.

#61Juanoutside the national top 200
#57Dolores#196 nationally
#51Anita#187 nationally
#77Nickoutside the national top 200
#72Lorraine#193 nationally
#80Geneoutside the national top 200
#81Juneoutside the national top 200
#82Murieloutside the national top 200
#85Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#87Claireoutside the national top 200
#78Antonio#187 nationally
#92Peteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary390US #1
#2Dorothy241US #4
#3Helen209US #2
#4Margaret204US #3
#5Ruth156US #5
#6Frances136US #10
#7Alice127US #11
#8Evelyn125US #16
#9Marie103US #9
#10Elizabeth96US #7
#11Florence94US #12
#12Virginia92US #26
#13Mildred89US #8
#14Grace81US #23
#15Lillian81US #13
#16Hazel79US #25
#17Marjorie78US #59
#18Doris77US #56
#19Rose76US #14
#20Louise72US #19
#21Eleanor71US #49
#22Josephine70US #29
#23Thelma66US #27
#24Bernice65US #51
#25Gladys61US #18
#26Catherine59US #20
#27Anna57US #6
#28Edna56US #17
#29Irene55US #21
#30Esther52US #34
#31Beatrice50US #37
#32Ethel49US #15
#33Barbara48US #119
#34Elsie48US #41
#35Lucille47US #32
#36Edith46US #31
#37Jean46US #74
#38Gertrude45US #30
#39Betty42US #69
#40Jane42US #98
#41Marian42US #105
#42Marion42US #58
#43Mabel41US #43
#44Pauline40US #38
#45Ann39US #53
#46Ida39US #45
#47Agnes37US #39
#48Julia37US #44
#49Martha37US #28
#50Vera36US #67
#51Anita35US #187
#52Katherine35US #55
#53Anne34US #64
#54Lois33US #68
#55Jennie32US #85
#56Leona32US #76
#57Dolores31US #196
#58Ellen30US #84
#59Kathryn30US #73
#60Clara29US #33
#61Emma29US #35
#62Eva29US #46
#63Marguerite29US #87
#64Bertha28US #36
#65Alma27US #62
#66Jessie27US #66
#67Ruby27US #22
#68Vivian27US #80
#69Viola26US #47
#70Bessie25US #40
#71Genevieve25US #93
#72Lorraine25US #193
#73Pearl25US #48
#74Laura23US #57
#75Lena23US #70
#76Maria23US #129
#77Myrtle23US #50
#78Nellie23US #54
#79Norma23US #153
#80Emily22US #103
#81June22
#82Muriel22
#83Harriet21US #115
#84Olga21US #163
#85Patricia21
#86Phyllis21US #155
#87Claire20
#88Geraldine20US #134
#89Isabel20US #168
#90Juanita20US #107
#91Kathleen20US #126
#92Wilma20US #102
#93Aileen19
#94Constance19
#95Blanche18US #75
#96Charlotte18US #95
#97Georgia18US #96
#98Irma18US #137
#99Velma18US #90
#100Angelina17US #199

Boys

#1John214US #1
#2William203US #2
#3Robert153US #5
#4George143US #4
#5James119US #3
#6Charles110US #7
#7Frank109US #8
#8Joseph82US #6
#9Jack71US #25
#10Edward69US #9
#11Harry69US #13
#12Thomas68US #10
#13Arthur58US #18
#14Raymond56US #19
#15Paul54US #17
#16Albert53US #15
#17Richard51US #20
#18Fred50US #22
#19Louis50US #21
#20Harold49US #16
#21Henry45US #11
#22Joe43US #29
#23Walter42US #12
#24Ralph39US #24
#25Alfred34US #39
#26Lawrence33US #37
#27Carl32US #26
#28Donald29US #36
#29Kenneth29US #40
#30Roy28US #31
#31Stanley28US #44
#32Clarence26US #23
#33Ernest26US #32
#34Manuel26US #112
#35Francis24US #33
#36Leo24US #51
#37Earl23US #34
#38Edwin23US #60
#39David22US #27
#40Eugene21US #43
#41Victor19US #81
#42Andrew18US #42
#43Daniel18US #53
#44Elmer18US #48
#45Howard18US #28
#46Lloyd18US #74
#47Peter18US #50
#48Ray18US #71
#49Herbert17US #41
#50Jose17US #130
#51Leonard17US #46
#52Philip17US #69
#53Sam17US #47
#54Alvin15US #89
#55Frederick15US #52
#56Norman15US #63
#57Samuel15US #30
#58Vernon15US #96
#59Anthony13US #35
#60Floyd13US #57
#61Juan13
#62Lewis13US #66
#63Milton13US #70
#64Tony13US #162
#65Gerald12US #88
#66Herman12US #49
#67Leslie12US #117
#68Melvin12US #73
#69Theodore12US #56
#70Everett11US #102
#71Marshall11US #177
#72Clifford10US #62
#73Clyde10US #61
#74Gilbert10US #103
#75Martin10US #75
#76Michael10US #38
#77Nick10
#78Antonio9US #187
#79Chester9US #58
#80Gene9
#81Gordon9US #97
#82Lee9US #67
#83Tom9US #105
#84Arnold8US #108
#85Ben8US #86
#86Bernard8US #54
#87Eddie8US #78
#88Glenn8US #111
#89Leroy8US #59
#90Mike8US #138
#91Patrick8US #128
#92Pete8
#93Stephen8US #84
#94Warren8US #113
#95Wesley8US #131
#96Alex7US #129
#97Allen7US #98
#98Benjamin7US #64
#99Charlie7US #45
#100Don7US #184

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑55Jane#40
↑42Leo#36
↑33Barbara#33
↑30Juan#61
↑30Leslie#67
↑29Bessie#70
↑28Agnes#47
↑28Dolores#57

Falling

↓37Glenn#88
↓32Charlotte#96
↓31Antonio#78
↓29Patrick#91
↓28Laura#74
↓26Myrtle#77
↓25Anthony#59
↓24Tony#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.